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HC allows Islamic scholar to hold meetings in Mumbai

The Bombay High Court has granted conditional permission to Pakistani-born Canadian
Islamic scholar Maulana Tahirul Qadri to hold public meetings in the city, an official
said Thursday.

Justice V.M. Kanade and Justice P.D. Kode directed that the maulana must restrict
his speeches only to spiritual and religious matters and not digress to any other
controversial issue, said Imtiyaz Patel, counsel for Raza Academy, a group of Muslim
scholars.

Raza Academy filed a public interest litigation in the court Wednesday challenging
Qadri's plans to address two major public meetings in Mumbai, contending that his
speeches could pose law and order situation.

"The court has further directed the police to submit tape records, written and
translated copies of Qadri's speech to the court tomorrow," Patel told IANS.